You See Bones, I See an Army: Changing the Way We Do Church

The statistics are sobering. Frustrated church members across Europe and North America are leaving their congregations. Why? Floyd McClung believes that God is realigning the church"€"that he wants to use people's frustration to motivate them toward change.

The kind of change McClung envisions may surprise you. It involves a valley of dry bones ready for use"€"ready to become an army"€"but only after they are prophesied over. The dry bones are the poor, the rebellious, the marginalized of society, the young, the uneducated. They carry wounds, have been abused, suffer from AIDS, are widows and single parents. They are waiting for someone to believe in them, uphold them in community, and send them out in the service of God.

Floyd McClung is the international director of All Nations, an international leadership training and church planting network. All Nations has partnered with local churches to send short-term and long-term church planting teams to more than 30 countries and provides specialized leadership and discipleship schools. Floyd is the author of 12 books, including The Father Heart of God.